I'm Silvia Espadas, a web designer with a studio in León, Spain, clients in any country, and the person behind Shyn Design. I started when the internet had only just arrived in Spain, spent fifteen years in Germany working for clients across Europe, and came back to León to set up my own studio. This is the long version.
I haven't changed trades: I've changed tools. What I learned building web portals when all this began still holds today, because the underlying problem is the same — that someone finds you and understands what you do in under ten seconds.
I started making websites practically as soon as the internet reached Spain. Back then almost nobody knew what a website was for: you had to explain it before you could sell it. That hasn't changed that much.
With Euroibérica de Servicios Multimedia we built balearessalud.com: the islands' hospitals, clinics, medical centres, pharmacies, emergency services and associations, all in one place. The newspaper El Mundo / El Día de Baleares signed an agreement to integrate its content into its digital edition.
Three years in Berlin and twelve in Hesse. I worked for German, Swiss, Spanish and South American clients: websites, explainer videos, 2D and 3D product videos, ads and an indecent number of intros. That's where I learned to work in several languages and across time zones.
Back in León with Shyn Design for websites and Magnet Videos for video — registered trademark and domain owned. I work alone: you deal with me from start to finish, and the person who answers your email is the person who writes the code.
I studied at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. But what really shaped me were the projects: web design, graphic design, video, 3D modelling and animation, and SEO. I keep learning every week, because in this field whatever doesn't get renewed is out of date within a year.
I don't mention it to show off, but because it's the closest thing I have to proof that I've been here since the beginning.
"All the health and healthcare information on the islands"
The newspaper signed an agreement with Euroibérica de Servicios Multimedia —Silvia Espadas and David de las Heras— to integrate the content of balearessalud.com into its digital edition.
"I love living surrounded by so much art"
Feature in the Revista supplement, part of the series "De León al mundo" about people from León who moved to Europe. I made the front page, in the middle of my German years.
The clippings are reproduced small, citing the publication and date, as evidence of my own appearance. The rights to the articles belong to each newspaper.
Once the project is paid, the domain is in your name and I hand over the files and logins. No strings attached and no need to ask anyone's permission to move your website.
If your current website can be fixed, I'll tell you to fix it. If what you want won't bring you customers, I'll tell you before charging for it. I'd rather lose a job than sell you hot air.
Prices are published on the website, in plain sight. What I quote is what I invoice, and if something changes along the way I tell you before, not after.
I work alone, so there's no department passing you on to another. You write, and within a day I've replied — even if it's just to say when I can do it.
Shall we talk about your project? Tell me about your business in two lines. I'll tell you what I'd do, what I wouldn't, and what it would cost. No obligation.
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